Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema(光陰的故事-台灣新電影)
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Taiwan · 2014
1h 49m
Director Hsieh Chin-Lin
Starring Hou Hsiao-hsien, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Olivier Assayas, Hirokazu Kore-eda
Genre Documentary
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With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share it with the world. This engaging documentary looks at the movement's legacy.
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